John D. Puchner v. William Kruziki, Waukesha County Sheriff, and Anne C. Hepperla, Formerly Known as Anne C. Puchner, Intervenor

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Normally, the federal courts do not become involved in child support disputes, as this is one of thé matters most clearly allocated to the state courts in our federal system. In this case, however, John Puchner’s failure to honor a child support agreement with his ex-wife, Anne Hepperla, became a federal case when he sought a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his incarceration pursuant to a contempt order entered by the state court judge. Puch-ner claimed before the district court, and now reiterates here, that the state court’s contempt…